Rats continue to amaze us with their sharp and agile brains, which makes them useful for studies. They can be trained to do human-like activities such as press buttons and solve problems, such as ...

There's the rat race, and then there are these lab rats who learned to drive tiny cars. WIRED's Matt Simon talked with neuroscientist Kelly Lambert about what her driving rodent experiment can teach ...

Scientists have shown that transplanting gut bacteria, from an animal that is vulnerable to social stress to a non-stressed animal, can cause vulnerable behavior in the recipient. The research reveals ...

Rats will choose to take a longer route if it means they get to enjoy the ride to their destination. Kelly Lambert, CC BY-ND We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After ...

A study published in Neuropsychopharmacology focused on cannabis-seeking behavior and found that rats with higher natural stress levels are much more likely to self-administer cannabis. The Washington ...

New research from Washington State University suggests that stress influences cannabis use not only in people but in rats as well.

We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a gas ...